Okay, I couldn't care less about Harriette's nonsense. What I'm here for is this:

...we bonded in a different way recently... It’s almost like summer is our special time, and the rest of the year we just live our lives.

What the hell did these people do this summer? All I can think is "lesbian awakening" and "murder", or possibly we can combine the two as "joined a local maenad cult".